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The Ogden Hinckley Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Oslo Lufthavn Gardermoen is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Kunming Changshui International Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Taiyuan Wusu Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Dongta Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Nanjing Lukou International Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Nanchang New Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Loreto Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Chubu Centrair International Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Gimpo International Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
Los Angeles International Airport. This object is currently not on display (or in a public location) but used to be on display in Terminal 2 (Terminal Two Departures (Post-Security))
The Lakeland Linder Regional Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
Marshall Moxom: Four Views of San Francisco International Airport
This exhibition was on display between March 2022 and March 2022 in the 1K Entrance Lobby C Meet and Greet gallery, located in Terminal 1
📸 1/3: photograph: American Airways, Fairchild Pilgrim 100-A; c. 1931 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2008.128.001 https://t.co/YRTMfRnsPn This tweet was posted on April 15, 2022.
📸 3/3: photograph: San Francisco Airport, United Air Lines, Douglas DC-3; 11/16/1938 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1997.52.050.002 b This tweet was posted on April 06, 2022.
Igor Sikorsky was born in Kyiv, in modern day #Ukraine in 1889. In 1923, Sikorsky founded the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation (later renamed the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company). Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) is named in his honor. #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 01, 2022.
Sold through mail-order catalogs and at airport stores and sometimes given out to first-class passengers, airline bags became a desirable status symbol that identified its user as a member of the new globe-trotting jet set. https://t.co/oVQUiov5WJ #flightbags #airlinebags #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 05, 2022.
📸: 1/2 slide: Southwest Airlines, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), International Terminal with Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-200; 1985 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1993.07.39 This tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
Construction of a new terminal at San Francisco Airport began in 1951. Designed in the International Style, the seven-story building employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 23, 2022.
See "The 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal" on display in the SkyTerrace and online at: https://t.co/zF42RVXD05 The SkyTerrace, located pre-security in Terminal 2, is open Friday-Monday from 10am to 6pm and it is free! https://t.co/oOlmCB27Yp #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 23, 2022.
To keep pace with the revolution in commercial aviation, major airports around the world updated their facilities with longer runways, expansive taxiways, and modern passenger terminals. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 23, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1964, Eastern Air Lines first introduced the Boeing 727. The aircraft was a medium range, intermediate-capacity jetliner that could serve regional airports with short runways. #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 01, 2022.
#OnThisDay in 1959, an American Airlines Boeing 707 took off from Los Angeles to New York. Landing at Idlewild, now known as Kennedy International Airport, the Boeing 707 completed the first scheduled nonstop intercontinental jet passenger service. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 25, 2022.
Air California was founded in 1965 by a group of Orange County businessmen who recognized a great need to serve the rapidly expanding business communities and population centers of the region with intrastate air service from Orange County Airport (later named John Wayne Airport). This tweet was posted on January 20, 2022.
📸 1/3: photograph: San Francisco Airport, air traffic control tower; late 1940s In memory of Maxine Crookston Schmidt 2016.067.016 This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
📸 3/3: photograph: Maxine Crookston (Schmidt), air traffic controller; In memory of Maxine Crookston Schmidt 2016.067.027 photograph: San Francisco Airport, air traffic controller Maxine Crookston; late 1940s In memory of Maxine Crookston Schmidt 2016.067.014 This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
@Carmard @IATA @flySFO Great question! SF was given an 'O', because that worked nicely for the ‘o’ in Francisco. The end letters do not actually stand for anything, but were given to airports with an attempt to match or approximate them to something recognizable. We hope this answers your question! This tweet was posted on December 07, 2021.
Each airport around the world is assigned a three-letter @IATA (International Air Transport Association) code to make them easily and quickly identifiable. @flySFO’s three letter code, SFO, first appeared in the “American Aviation Air Traffic Guide” in December 1947. #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 06, 2021.
📸: photograph: San Francisco Airport, TWA (Trans World Airlines) Lockheed L-049 Constellation; late 1940s In memory of Maxine Crookston Schmidt 2016.067.030 This tweet was posted on December 06, 2021.
As airline travel became more reliable during the 1930s, San Francisco’s airport initiated major improvements to keep pace. By 1937, SFO had paved and widened runways and taxiways to welcome heavier and faster airliners such as the Douglas DC-3. #SFOHistory #MillsField This tweet was posted on November 23, 2021.
📸 1/2: negative: San Francisco Airport, United Air Lines, Douglas DC-3 Mainliner; 1938 Collection of SFO Museum 2011.032.0176 photograph: San Francisco Airport, WPA Project 1727 runway paving; 1936 Transfer 1997.52.055.005 This tweet was posted on November 23, 2021.
Our newest gallery, the Kadish Gallery, is now open! Named after Ruth Kadish, SFO’s first female Airport Commissioner, Kadish was a champion of public art at SFO and was always thinking about how to make SFO a nicer place for passengers. #KadishGallery This tweet was posted on November 24, 2021.
📸 2/2: photograph: San Francisco Airport, Administration Building; 05/01/1937 Transfer 1997.52.078.031 This tweet was posted on November 23, 2021.
📸: photograph: San Francisco Airport; 1940s In memory of Maxine Crookston Schmidt 2016.067.018 photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Central Terminal; c. 1985 Transfer 2008.129.015 This tweet was posted on November 04, 2021.